Background
McCarthy, James Joseph was born on January 25, 1944 in Ashland, Oregon, United States.
Oceanography educator museum director
McCarthy, James Joseph was born on January 25, 1944 in Ashland, Oregon, United States.
Doctor of Philosophy, Scripps Institute Oceanography, University of California-San Diego, 1971.
Research associate biological oceanography Chesapeake Bay Institute, Johns Hopkins University, 1971-1972, associate research scientist, 1972-1974. Assistant professor Harvard University, 1974-1977, associate professor, 1977-1980, professor biological oceanography, since 1980, associate dean faculty Arts and Sciences, 1986-1990. Director Agassiz Museum Comparative Zoology, 1982.Editor: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 1986-1990.
Past chairman International Council of Scientific Unions, Scientific Committee International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, 1987.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Phycol. Society American, American Society Limnology and Oceanography, American Geophysical Union, Swedish Royal Academy Sciences (foreign).
Married 1969, 2 children.
